Forestville Passenger Station

Forestville Passenger Station
The Station circa 1912
Location 171 Central Street, Forestville, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°40′24″N 72°53′54″W / 41.67333°N 72.89833°W / 41.67333; -72.89833Coordinates: 41°40′24″N 72°53′54″W / 41.67333°N 72.89833°W / 41.67333; -72.89833
Area 0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built 1881 (1881)
Architectural style Queen Anne
NRHP reference # 78002862[1]
Added to NRHP April 19, 1978

The Forestville Passenger Station is a historic railroad station at 171 Central Street in Forestville, a village of Bristol, Connecticut. It was built in 1881 by the New York and New England Railroad, and was a key element of the prosperity of the village, benefiting from many daily passenger rail stops. Service to the area ended in 1960.[2] The station, now repurposed to other uses, was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 19, 1978.[1]

Description and history

The Forestville Passenger Station is located in the heart of Forestville village, on the west side of Central Street, between the former railroad right-of-way it served and the Pequabuck River. It is a small single-story wood frame structure, with a bracketed cornice and a hipped roof topped by a louvered cupola with finial. A platform shelter extends east from the station, supported by square posts with angle brackets. The building originally had a two-story tower, which was lost to fire in 1900. Its footprint is now occupied by a slightly projecting section that historically acted as a vestibule.[2]

The station more recently

The station was built in 1881 by the New York and New England Railroad on a railroad line originally owned by the Hartford, Providence and Fishkill Railroad. Local lore says that the building was prefabricated and delivered to the site by the railroad. If this method was used, it was the only instance in which the railroad employed this construction method. The station was served at the outset by 13 trains per day, greatly enhancing the village's economic prosperity. Service to the station was discontinued in 1960.[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 "NRHP nomination for Forestville Passenger Station". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-12-14.
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